Warriors part-owner Chamath Palihapitiya says he doesn’t care about genocide in China, then backtracks – By Greg Keraghosian (SFGATE) / January 17, 2022
Chamath Palihapitiya, a billionaire Silicon Valley venture capitalist and part-owner of the Golden State Warriors, attempted to backtrack from recent comments he made that “nobody cares,” including himself, about the ongoing Uyghur genocide in China.
The subject came up on Palihapitiya’s “All-In Podcast,” when co-host Jason Calacanis praised President Joe Biden’s condemnation of the human rights abuses inflicted by the Chinese government, including genocide and forced labor in the northwest region of Xinjiang. In December, Biden signed legislation banning imports from the region.
Just before the 15-minute mark of the podcast, Palihapitiya interrupted Calacanis and said, “Nobody cares about what’s happening to the Uyghurs, OK? You bring it up because you really care. And I think that’s nice that you care. The rest of us don’t care.”
When Calacanis responded by asking Palihapitiya if he personally doesn’t care, Palihapitiya continued: “I’m telling you a very hard ugly truth, OK? Of all the things I care about, yes, it is below my line.”
